Brittan Heller

Brittan Heller works at the intersection of technology, human rights and the law. As counsel in Foley Hoag LLP's corporate social responsibility practice, Heller advises companies, investors, NGOs and governments on integrating public safety and human rights. Heller is an inaugural AI and Technology Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, studying content moderation and security risks in VR/AR/XR and emergent media. Heller previously founded ADL’s Center for Technology and Society. Her key projects included creating AI to study hate speech and analyzing disinformation that targeted minority communities. Additionally, Heller prosecuted grave human rights violations at the US Department of Justice and the International Criminal Court and initiated landmark anti-cyberharassment litigation.